737 IN THE U.S.. >> HAVE YOU FOUND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MORE PRODUCTIVE SOMEHOW? FACEBOOK HAS BEEN HAVING SERIOUS ISSUES. IN MOST CASES, IT SIMPLY WAS NOT WORKING. NIGEL ROBERTS JOINS US ON THE FALLOUT. NIGEL: FACEBOOK SAYS IT’S LIKE THE OUTAGE IS OVER SERVER CONFIGURATION CHANGES. IT SAYS THE ISSUE IS NOT FIXED. THE OUTAGES AFFECTED COUNTLESS USERS. SOME PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH FACEBOOK’S WEBSITE. AT NOON, AND THIS IS WHAT THE OUTAGE MAP LOOKED LIKE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FACEBOOK OUT REPORTED IN SPOTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CANADA, LARGE PARTS OF EUROPE AND EVEN PARTS OF ASIA. AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, PEOPLE TOOK TO TWITTER TO EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATIONS. ALSO, OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR. DENNY’S POSTED THIS REMINDER. INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK ARE DOWN BY DENNY’S IS ALWAYS OPEN. THIS MARKETING COMPANY SAYS THIS IS THE POWER OF IT ALL. >> IT IS THE WAY PEOPLE COMMUNICATE. IT IS THE WAY PEOPLE SELL. IT IS MORE THAN JUST POSTING PICTURES. I THINK THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS NO LONGE JUST A CHANNEL FOR ENTERTAINMENT. NIGEL: FACEBOOK DID NOT SAY HOW MANY USERS WERE AFFECTED OR WHY THE OUTAGE WAS SO LONG. IN TWEET, ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER TH BEGAN, THEY STILL APOLOG

Facebook said Thursday it had fixed the technical issue that led to a widespread outage across its services for almost 24 hours Wednesday.The company blamed a change it had made to its system for the outage. Facebook said the issue had been resolved and that it's systems were recovering."Yesterday, we made a server configuration change that triggered a cascading series of issues. As a result, many people had difficulty accessing our apps and services," a Facebook spokesperson said Thursday.A Facebook spokesperson told CNN Business that despite some online rumors, the issue was not caused by a hack or an attack, adding that the company was focused on resolving the issue and hoped to eventually share details about what caused the problem.The interruption, which also extended to Facebook-owned services including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, is believed to be the biggest ever suffered by the social media giant.Earlier Thursday, the outage-tracking service DownDetector showed significantly fewer people having issues accessing Facebook and Instagram compared to Wednesday, when the outage began.Facebook's stock fell nearly 3 percent in early morning trading Thursday as Wall Street reacted to the outage.In Washington, campaigners who have long called for the breakup of Facebook said the outage showed how the concentration of ownership of tech platforms is "dangerous" for consumers.Pointing out that the Facebook outage also extended to its other properties, including Instagram and WhatsApp, Sarah Miller, the deputy director at the Open Markets Institute, which is for the breakup of Facebook and other Silicon Valley companies, said, "The more integrated a platform becomes, the greater the risk and reach of epic failures like this one."

Facebook said Thursday it had fixed the technical issue that led to a widespread outage across its services for almost 24 hours Wednesday.

The company blamed a change it had made to its system for the outage. Facebook said the issue had been resolved and that it's systems were recovering.

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"Yesterday, we made a server configuration change that triggered a cascading series of issues. As a result, many people had difficulty accessing our apps and services," a Facebook spokesperson said Thursday.

A Facebook spokesperson told CNN Business that despite some online rumors, the issue was not caused by a hack or an attack, adding that the company was focused on resolving the issue and hoped to eventually share details about what caused the problem.

The interruption, which also extended to Facebook-owned services including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, is believed to be the biggest ever suffered by the social media giant.

Earlier Thursday, the outage-tracking service DownDetector showed significantly fewer people having issues accessing Facebook and Instagram compared to Wednesday, when the outage began.

In Washington, campaigners who have long called for the breakup of Facebook said the outage showed how the concentration of ownership of tech platforms is "dangerous" for consumers.

Pointing out that the Facebook outage also extended to its other properties, including Instagram and WhatsApp, Sarah Miller, the deputy director at the Open Markets Institute, which is for the breakup of Facebook and other Silicon Valley companies, said, "The more integrated a platform becomes, the greater the risk and reach of epic failures like this one."